tvOS security certifications
tvOS certification background
Apple actively engages in the provision of security assurance of tvOS for each major release with cryptographic modules using FIPS 140-3 requirements.
Validation of conformance can be performed only against a final released version of tvOS.
tvOS cryptographic module validation status
The Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) maintains the validation status of cryptographic modules under three separate lists depending on their current status.
For more information, see Cryptographic module validation status information.
FIPS 140-3 certifications
The table below shows the Apple cryptographic modules that are currently being tested by a laboratory, that have been recommended by a laboratory for validation by the CMVP, or that have been validated and certified as conformant to FIPS 140-3 by the CMVP.
Dates | Certificates / Documents | Module info |
|---|---|---|
Operating system release date: 2025 Validation dates: — | Certificates: Pending Review | Title: Apple Corecrypto Module OS 26 Operating system: tvOS 26 Environment: ARM, User, Software Type: Software Overall Security Level: 1 |
Operating system release date: 2025 Validation dates: — | Certificates: Pending Review | Title: Apple Corecrypto Module OS 26 Operating system: tvOS 26 Environment: ARM, Kernel, Software Type: Software Overall Security Level: 1 |
Operating system release date: 2025 Validation dates: — | Certificates: Implementation Under Test | Title: Apple Corecrypto Module OS 26 Operating system: sepOS distributed with tvOS 26 Environment: ARM, Secure Key Store, Hardware Type: Hardware (A15) Overall Security Level: 2 Physical Security Level: 3 |
Operating system release date: 2024 Validation dates: 2026-03-11 | Certificates: 5184 | Title: Apple Corecrypto Module v18.3 Operating system: tvOS 18 Environment: ARM, User, Software Type: Software Overall Security Level: 1 |
Operating system release date: 2024 Validation dates: — | Certificates: Comment Resolution | Title: Apple Corecrypto Module v18.3 Operating system: tvOS 18 Environment: ARM, Kernel, Software Type: Software Overall Security Level: 1 |
Operating system release date: 2024 Validation dates: 2026-06-03 | Certificates: 5305 | Title: Apple Corecrypto Module v18.3 Operating system: sepOS distributed with tvOS 18 Environment: ARM, Secure Key Store, Hardware Type: Hardware (A15) Overall Security Level: 2 Physical Security Level: 3 |
Operating system release date: 2023 Validation dates: 2026-03-30 | Certificates: 5216 | Title: Apple Corecrypto Module v14 Operating system: tvOS 17 Environment: ARM, User, Software Type: Software Overall Security Level: 1 |
Operating system release date: 2023 Validation dates: 2026-05-12 | Certificates: 5263 | Title: Apple Corecrypto Module v14 Operating system: tvOS 17 Environment: ARM, Kernel, Software Type: Software Overall Security Level: 1 |
Operating system release date: 2023 Validation dates: 2026-06-03 | Certificates: 5303 | Title: Apple Corecrypto Module v14 Operating system: sepOS distributed with tvOS 17 Environment: ARM, Secure Key Store, Hardware Type: Hardware (A10, A12) Overall Security Level: 2 |
Operating system release date: 2023 Validation dates: 2026-06-03 | Certificates: 5304 | Title: Apple Corecrypto Module v14 Operating system: sepOS distributed with tvOS 17 Environment: ARM, Secure Key Store, Hardware Type: Hardware (A15) Overall Security Level: 2 Physical Security Level: 3 |
Operating system release date: 2022 Validation dates: 2025-09-22 | Certificates: 5065 | Title: Apple Corecrypto Module v13 Operating system: tvOS 16 Environment: ARM, User, Software Type: Software Overall Security Level: 1 |
Operating system release date: 2022 Validation dates: 2025-06-25 | Certificates: 5050 | Title: Apple Corecrypto Module v13 Operating system: tvOS 16 Environment: ARM, Kernel, Software Type: Software Overall Security Level: 1 |
Operating system release date: 2022 Validation dates: 2026-06-03 | Certificates: 5307 | Title: Apple Corecrypto Module v13 Operating system: sepOS distributed with tvOS 16 Environment: ARM, Secure Key Store, Hardware Type: Hardware (A10, A12) Overall Security Level: 2 |
Operating system release date: 2022 Validation dates: 2026-05-22 | Certificates: 5289 | Title: Apple Corecrypto Module v13 Operating system: sepOS distributed with tvOS 16 Environment: ARM, Secure Key Store, Hardware Type: Hardware (A15) Overall Security Level: 2 Physical Security Level: 3 |
Operating system release date: 2021 Validation dates: 2024-10-01 | Certificates: 4817 | Title: Apple Corecrypto Module v12 Operating system: tvOS 15 Environment: ARM, User, Software Type: Software Overall Security Level: 1 |
Operating system release date: 2021 Validation dates: 2024-10-28 | Certificates: 4854 | Title: Apple Corecrypto Module v12 Operating system: tvOS 15 Environment: ARM, Kernel, Software Type: Software Overall Security Level: 1 |
Operating system release date: 2021 Validation dates: 2025-06-16 | Certificates: 5025 | Title: Apple Corecrypto Module v12 Operating system: sepOS distributed with tvOS 15 Environment: ARM, Secure Key Store, Hardware Type: Hardware (A10, A12) Overall Security Level: 2 |
Operating system release date: 2020 Validation dates: 2022-12-07 | Certificates: 4391 | Title: Apple Corecrypto Module v11.1 Operating system: tvOS 14 Environment: ARM, User, Software Type: Software Overall Security Level: 1 |
Operating system release date: 2020 Validation dates: 2022-12-07 | Certificates: 4392 | Title: Apple Corecrypto Module v11.1 Operating system: tvOS 14 Environment: ARM, Kernel, Software Type: Software Overall Security Level: 1 |
Operating system release date: 2020 Validation dates: 2024-08-09 | Certificates: 4756 | Title: Apple Corecrypto Module v11.1 Operating system: sepOS distributed with tvOS 14 Environment: ARM, Secure Key Store, Hardware Type: Hardware (A10, A12) Overall Security Level: 2 |
FIPS 140-2 certifications and previous versions
These tvOS versions previously had cryptographic module validations. Those more than five years old are listed by the CMVP with historical status:
2019 in tvOS 13 (corecrypto modules v10.0)-FIPS 140-2
2018 in tvOS 12 (corecrypto modules v9.0)-FIPS 140-2
2017 in tvOS 11 (corecrypto modules v8.0)-FIPS 140-2
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